Songbirds

Califonia gnatcatcher 01

State-listed Threatened coastal California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica californica) male in alternate (breeding) plumage, Los Angeles County, CA

California gnatcatcher 02

State-listed Threatened coastal California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica californica) male in alternate (breeding) plumage, Montebello, CA

California gnatcatcher 03

State-listed Threatened coastal California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica californica) male in alternate (breeding) plumage, Montebello, CA

California gnatcatcher 04

State-listed Threatened coastal California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica californica) male in basic (non-breeding) plumage

California gnatcatcher 05

State-listed Threatened coastal California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica californica) male in basic (non-breeding) plumage.

California gnatcatcher and brown-headed cowbird 07

State-listed Threatened coastal California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica californica) female, with a parasitized nest, feeding a Behr's metalmark to a brown-headed cowbird nestling.

California Gnatcatcher 08

State-listed Threatened coastal California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica californica) male in alternate (breeding) plumage, Dana Point, CA

California Gnatcatcher 09

State-listed Threatened coastal California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica californica) male in alternate (breeding) plumage, Dana Point, CA

California Gnatcatcher 10

State-listed Threatened coastal California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica californica) male in basic (non-breeding) plumage

California Gnatchatcher 11

California Gnatcather 12

California Gnatcatcher 13

California Gnatcatcher 14

California Gnatcatcher 15

California Gnatcatcher 16

least Bells vireo 01

Federally- and California-listed Endangered adult male least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) singing in a blue elderberry tree (Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea), Whittier Narrows, Whittier, CA

Least Bell's Vireo 02

Federally- and California-listed Endangered adult male least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) in the Bosque del Rio Hondo, Rosmead, CA

least Bell's vireos 03

Federally- and California-listed Endangered adult least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) feeding a stink bug to a recent fledgling, Whittier Narrows, Whittier, CA

Least Bell's Vireo 05

Federally- and California-listed Endangered adult male least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) disturbing the peace, Whittier Narrows, Whittier, CA

blue-gray gnatcatcher

blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) in walnut woodland near Brea, CA

bushtit 01

bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) on lemonade berry, Mission Viejo, CA

bushtit 02

bushtit on arroyo willow, Rowland Heights, CA

coastal cactus wrens 01

coastal cactus wrens (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) on coast prickly pear in Mission Viejo, CA

coastal cactus wren 02

coastal cactus wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) on coast prickly pear in Mission Viejo, CA

California thrasher 01

California thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum) in Mission Viejo, CA

California thrasher 02

California thrasher (Toxostoma redivivum) in greeting the day from the top of a lemonade berry shrub in Mission Viejo, CA

black phoebe

black phoebe (Sayonis nigricans) on the shore at Dana Point, CA

gray flycatcher

gray flycatcher (Empidonax wrightii) passing through the Victorville, CA area on north-bound migration

Pacific-slope flycatcher

Pacific-slope flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) in Dana Point, CA

yellow-breasted chat 01

Yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens) feeding on blue passionflower fruit (Passiflora caerulea) in the Whittier Narrows, Whittier, CAulea)

yellow-breasted chat 02

yellow-breasted chat (Icteria virens) staking a claim in Torrey Pines, CA

hermit warbler

Hermit warbler (Setophaga occidentalis) in the Bosque del Rio Hondo, Rosmead, CA

yellow-rumped warbler

unusual leucistic yellow-rumped warbler (Setophaga coronata) in Rowland Heights, CA

Townsend's Warbler 01

Townsend's Warbler (Setophaga townsendi) in Chino Hills, CA

Lesser goldfinch 01

Adult male lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) in tocalote (Centaurea melitensis), El Monte, CA

orange bishop

Adult male orange bishop (Euplectes franciscanus), a sub-Saharan species that has naturalized in the Whittier Narrows, Whittier, CA

Southern California rufous crowned sparrow 01

Southern California rufous-crowned sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps canescens) north side of the San Gabriel Mountains in post-burn chaparral habitat

song sparrow

Song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) singing from a black mustard plant (Brassica nigra)

western scrub-jay

Western scrub-jay (Aphelocoma californica) with a peanut in Duarte, CA

California Towhee 01

California Towhee (Melozone crissalis) with some discarded fishing line to incorporate into a nest, El Monte, CA

Tricolored Blackbird 01

Recently emergency State-listed Threatened Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor) male , Neenach, CA

Spotted Towhee 01

Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) singing it's weird song in Chino Hills, CA

American Goldfinch

American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) male in Chino Hills, CA

Least Bell's Vireo 06

Federally- and California-listed Endangered adult male least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) in Chino Hills, CA

Verdin

Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps) checking a mesquite tree for invertebrates in Tucson, AZ